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Ocoee: Free, Dammed, Free Again

The Ocoee River ran uninterrupted until 1913, when a dam was built to generate power, broke free in 1976, hosted Olympic events in 1996, and is now guaranteed to run free for about 100 days a year for the next 15 years.
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When Currahee Mountain Went to War

Camp Toccoa, a WWII training camp from 1942 until 1944, is now home to a museum, and presents the opportunity for the fit among us to replicate the six-mile run undertaken by recruits hoping to become part of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
Historian Jerry Taylor smiles as he conducts ravesite tours of Cemetery Island on Lake Chatuge in Georgia.

Cemetery Island: The Undulating Land Form in North Georgia’s Lake Chatuge

When the Tennessee Valley Authority inundated the land near Hiawassee in 1941, some relatives came to rescue buried remains of relatives from land that would become an island; and some did not.
This 1858 octagonal home near Marion, Virginia is in the process of being stabilized.

Octagonal House: An Eighth Life?

The once-avant-garde structure has, since its 1858 construction, undergone many challenges and changes. A new effort may save it for all.
Limair sat on a hill at the top of Cave Hill in Luray, Virginia.

Luray Caverns Sent Nation’s First Air Conditioning into Limair Sanatarium in 1901

Caverns’ owner T. C. Northcott was obsessed with the 54-degree cave air, and was convinced of its restorative benefits.
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